Annex Bulletin 2011-16 October 10, 2011
A partially OPEN edition
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INDUSTRY TRENDS
Updated 10/10/11, 1:30PM HST
Analysis of IBM and Apple Stock Performance
IBM Sets New All-time High
Big Blue Outperforms in Apple So Far This Year
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MARKET UPDATES: Annex Bulletins (Oct) While traveling in Europe, where we spent most of the month of October, this writer covered several market moves by email. We reproduce those reports here as Annex Bulletins 2011-16 and 2011-17, along with the charts that were published within them. |
ISTANBUL,
Turkey, Oct 10, 2011 - Hello everybody. Elizabeth and I have been traveling in
Europe the last 10 days - from York, England to Istanbul, Turkey. Which
is where we are at the moment before going on to Ireland.
So this is just a quick note to point out something that
may be significant as a market trend. In the last several years, Apple
has been an undisputed market leader among the top IT companies. But no
longer. After today's market surge, in which IBM was one of the
leaders, setting a new all-time high at over $186 per share, up 35%
since a year ago, Big Blue has taken over the pole position in the
industry.
Take a look at these charts...
IBM, which is a part of the Dow, is so far above the 30 Industrials
average, that it makes the Dow look like a turtle in a hare race. Just
as the company did in its initial surge in the 1960s, IBM is now once
again pulling the Dow up by its bootstraps.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." (Plus
ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.)
(Alphonse Karr)
Enjoy your week!
Bob Djurdjevic
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Volume XXVI, Annex Bulletin 2011-16 Bob Djurdjevic, Editor
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